Radiant energy gasification apparatus

Abstract

A gas making retort includes a substantially upright mixing chamber opening into a first horizontal refractory cylinder which encloses a second horizontal refractory cylinder. The second cylinder encloses two centrally positioned refractory circular gas out take tubes directly opposite to each other. Each of the cylinders has a cylindrical passageway for the introduction of a mixture of air, steam and a carbonaceous material from the mixing chamber into a gas making space defined between the internal ends of the gas out take tubes wherein a partial combustion of the mixture takes place.

We claim: 
     
       1. A continuous high speed gas making retort having a substantially upright mixture chamber opening into a refractory cylinder inside of which there is another refractory cylinder each of which cylinders are substantially horizontal with means defining a circular space between each of said refractory cylinders and enclosing two centrally positioned refractory circular gas out take tubes directly opposite to each other with a gas making space between their two internal ends and with further means defining a circular space around each of said refractory gas out take tubes and means for introducing air, oil (or pulverized carbon fuel) and finely divided water into said gas making retort, via said upright mixing chamber. 
     
     
       2. The invention in claim 1 including refractory washer shaped members spaced apart from said another refractory cylinder and positioned at each end of said another cylinder. 
     
     
       3. The invention in claim 1 including a sheet steel casing enclosing the refractory cylinders detailed in claim 1. 
     
     
       4. The invention in claim 2 including a sheet steel casing enclosing the refractory cylinders detailed in claim 2.